Monday, July 21, 2014

We woke up the morning of the 4th of July to the Midway cannons going off at 6 am. It's a yearly tradition that jolts you right out of your dreams. We drove over to Oakley and claimed our spot on the parade route. Cody joined us this year. He's not a fan of parades, but I'm happy he came along. My parents, Cody's parents and Carson's kids minus Trevor came as well. The kids fared well and scored candy, Popsicles, water bottles and Cody even got me an Oakley t-shirt that I wore to the rodeo the following evening. Last year Heather and Dan surprised us by driving down for the parade and 4th festivities so I was missing my sister. We'll see some of them in a few weeks when Spencer gets back from his mission.

Our kids had fun with their Calderwood cousins.

The weather was hot and sunny, although not nearly as toasty as southern Utah.

After the parade we went home and got our house ready for our annual block party. It ended up being our across the street neighbors and our family. We block off our circle with cars so that last minute people can't zip in to watch the fireworks and run over the kids running around. We BBQ'd and lit our own fireworks as it started to get dark. Unfortunately. with how dry the weather has been we set off 3 small fires in the lot next to our house. Our neighbors us had our hoses and buckets of water running and stomping our feet making sure the fires didn't spread. Amy and I were terrified. We don't have a lot of luck in our homes. She has a son with cancer. Thankfully no harm was done. As the fireworks on Memorial Hill began, each ember that hit the hill actually sparked fires of their own. By the end of the show, we counted 10 fires on the hill. Fire trucks were already on the hill, it was quite a sight to see and distracting from the fireworks themselves.

Saturday morning we drove up to the cabin. Cody took the kids fishing at Smith & Morehouse and I rode my road bike down and up the canyon back to the cabin. The Foster families gathered for a big dinner before we headed to the rodeo.

The rodeo was entertaining like always and most of the events and decent riders. The clown act tried clogging. I had to laugh at first, but when he did a pretty good job of double doubles I gave him a round of applause! I wish I could have recorded it. It would be fun to show. I think my cousin was recording. The firework show was good too. I've felt like it's gotten smaller in past years, but the city did a great job and we enjoyed it. After two late nights in a row it was nice to have 1:00 church the next morning.

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April 2014

In a nutshell...

Lisa and I met in Chicago during the summer of 2002 while doing summer jobs between semesters of college. We met at church, found out we grew up in the same town, were both going to BYU and that was how it started! We were married in April of 2003. We graduated from BYU in 2004 and moved to Baltimore, MD. Cody graduated in May of 2008 from the U of MD Dental School and we moved to CO to work. Cody purchased a dental practice in Park City, UT and we moved back the end of December 2008. Tucker came along in September of 2005, Aubrey in April of 2007, Cole in January of 2009 and Blake in July of 2010. Lisa was diagnosed with brain cancer in January of 2012. After a four year battle she unfortunately passed away in April of 2016 and returned to her heavenly home. We hope you enjoy keeping up with our family!